As Greater Boston's community foundation, the Boston Foundation is focused on the myriad of factors which make our city unique and successful. With an emphasis on strengthening this region's competitiveness in the global economy, the Foundation works with many partners to publish cutting edge research, hold public forums, and convene task forces of experts and stakeholders to create action agendas for real change.
Granting more than $550,000 in this cycle brings the total grantmaking from the Equality Fund over $2.8 million in support of LGBT+-led and -serving organizations.
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Dwight Poler, Chair of the Boston Foundation, is the founder and CEO of AccelR8 Ventures, a fund investing in early-stage climate change mitigation technologies. A condensed and edited version of this interview appeared in the Spring 2025 Issue of TBF News.
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Julia Howard, TBF Senior Program Officer, Climate, shares five reflections on for how she is approaching building the Foundation’s first programmatic climate strategy with parallels to her experience of running the Boston Marathon route.
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The new report from the Fenway Institute and TBF's Equality Fund highlights the growth of the state's LGBTQ population, and the continuing disparities between LGBTQ+ people and straight, cisgender adults in areas including health care, mental health, employment, and economic stability.
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BBJ summarizes findings from a new report from The Fenway Institute and the Equality Fund at TBF studying the state's LGBT population, highlighting the overall growth in this population, up 26% from 2016 to 2022, and continued disparities in health, housing, and economic stability for the group.
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TBF, MassINC Polling Group, and the MA Nonprofit Network released their survey of MA nonprofits with a panel and overview of key findings, with GBH reporting that Trump’s federal policies and cutbacks are widely worrying nonprofits in MA and noting concerns about fundraising and the impacts on philanthropy.
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Sharing from SHNS, WWLP reports on the results of a survey of 523 nonprofit leaders in MA. Published by TBF, the Massachusetts Nonprofit Network, and MassINC Polling Group, the survey respondents overwhelmingly agreed that MA will fare worse under the Trump administration, voicing concerns about funding cuts and heightened stress on vulnerable populations.
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Headlining their daily newsletter, WBUR offers an overview of survey results from TBF, MassINC Polling Group, and the MA Nonprofit Network's poll of nonprofit leaders in MA, with a summary of the results alongside practical impacts and the ripple effect of cuts to funding for nonprofits.
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Commissioned by the Latino Equity Fund and conducted by the Mauricio Gastón Institute at UMass Boston, this report takes a first-of-its-kind look at the geography, scale and reach of nonprofits and grassroots initiatives serving Massachusetts Latinos.
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In a new report, the Equality Fund at the Boston Foundation and the Fenway Institute explore the data and metrics around the state's LGBTQ+ population. While the data show increasing numbers of young people identifying as LGBTQ+, troubling gaps remain for some groups, leading to a series of recommendations for change.
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A survey conducted by MassINC Polling Group with the Boston Foundation and other partners finds that the Massachusetts Rental Voucher Program gets high marks from tenants and landlords alike -- but that lingering challenges are reducing the program's effectiveness.
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In this new report, Boston Indicators collaborated with Boston College’s Center for Retirement Research to pair a quantitative look at the income and wealth of older households with a set of structured interviews that reveal how low-income, low-wealth seniors stretch their limited resources to make ends meet.
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Our Winter newsletter explores the many dimensions of our work in Child Well-Being, which spans issues from maternal health partnerships to early education and care - and ranges in scope from grantmaking for startup ventures to robust advocacy for maternal health and child care funding.
Dwight Poler, Chair of the Boston Foundation, is the founder and CEO of AccelR8 Ventures, a fund investing in early-stage climate change mitigation technologies. A condensed and edited version of this interview appeared in the Spring 2025 Issue of TBF News.
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Julia Howard, TBF Senior Program Officer, Climate, shares five reflections on for how she is approaching building the Foundation’s first programmatic climate strategy with parallels to her experience of running the Boston Marathon route.
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As the federal government continues to compound its assault on the rights and freedoms of our democratic values, seeking to erase the cultural, social and even human identities of those we serve, while starving vulnerable communities of resources that sustain life and wellbeing, the Boston Foundation has redoubled its efforts to not only advance equity and justice, but to protect and sustain it.
Read moreAn evolving list of resources and information for nonprofits trying to keep up with the policy changes affecting the nonprofit sector
Read moreEven as fire still rages in Southern California, community foundations and other organizations are working to comfort and support the victims. This giving guide includes organizations that could use your support.
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In an exceptionally busy year, these are the reports and pieces of research from TBF and Boston Indicators that jumped to the top of the list for 2024, led once again by the Greater Boston Housing Report Card.
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A series of significant financial investments by TBF's Business Equity Fund in TARTTs Day Care Centers highlights the wealth-building power that can be unleashed when a company owned by people of color has access to the advice and capital they need to grow.
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Designated as National Native American Heritage Month, November finds many Americans reflecting on the historic and present-day harms committed against Native people in our country. We have accumulated information and resources to guide our own education and action this month, and are happy to share for others to explore.
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At our 2024 Annual Meeting, TBF President and CEO Lee Pelton shared his thoughts on our work, where we are as a nation and a community, and where we can and must go to build a more equitable future for Greater Boston. Read the full text here.
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October is National Arts & Humanities Month. In this blog post by Laura Reyes, Program Officer, Arts and Creativity at TBF, we're spotlighting the importance of arts in our community, celebrating and sharing several artists and organizations and contributions to the creative communities in recognition of the month.
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